2016 Wesleyan Discipline:518:2–5

(2) Effective evangelism and a record of new converts and/or believers’ baptisms incorporated into the church.

(3) An intentional investment of financial and human resources into community and global needs.

(4) A reasonable degree of financial stability, including the meeting of such obligations as it may have to the General Church and the district.

(5) A reasonable degree of leadership and organizational maturity, with sufficient qualified persons to staff the minimum organization provided for in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:810.